... WASHINGTON Oct. 21 -- Nancy W. Dickey MD...A former dean and current professor of family and community medicine i...She holds five honorary doctoral degrees including a Doctor of Scienc...Philip A. Pizzo MD dean of the school of medicine at StanfordUniver...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nancy W. Dickey, MD,
president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center and vice chancellor for
health affairs for the Texas A&M University System, has been named chair of
the board of directors of the Association of Academic Health Centers.

A former dean and current professor of family and community medicine in
the college of medicine, Dr. Dickey is past president of the American
Medical Association and founding program director of the Family Practice
Residency of the Brazos Valley. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Scott & White Hospital Foundation, and has served on the National
Institutes of Health's Advisory Council on Allergy and Infectious Diseases
and the Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs of the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration. Dr. Dickey is also a member of the Institute of
Medicine.

She holds five honorary doctoral degrees, including a Doctor of Science
from the University of Massachusetts and a Doctor of Laws from the Medical
College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Dickey is editor-in-chief of the patient
education segment of Medem, an Internet-based patient-physician interface,
and editor of The Journal of Patient Safety.

Philip A. Pizzo, MD, dean of the school of medicine at Stanford
University, has been named chair-elect of the board of directors.

Before joining Stanford in 2001, Dr. Pizzo was the physician-in-chief
of Children's Hospital in Boston and chair of the Department of Pediatrics
at Harvard Medical School and is nationally recognized for his
contributions as a clinical investigator, especially in the treatment of
children with cancer and HIV. Dr. Pizzo also had a distinguished career in
government, holding several positions at the National Cancer Institute from
1973 to 1996, including serving as acting scientific director for the
Division of Clinical Services. Dr. Pizzo also received the Outstanding
Service Medal of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1995. He is the author
of more than 500 scientific articles and 14 books. Dr. Pizzo is a member of
the Institute of Medicine.

Newly elected to the board for three-year terms are Claire Pomeroy, MD,
MBA, vice chancellor for human health studies and dean of the school of
medicine, University of California, Davis; Daniel W. Rahn, MD, president,
Medical College of Georgia, and senior vice chancellor, health and medical
programs, University System of Georgia MCG; and M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS,
chancellor, University of Colorado Denver.

The Association of Academic Health Centers is a national, non-profit
organization that seeks to improve health and well-being through vigorous
leadership of the nation's academic health centers.

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